Julia gives away her Emmy!

Some new video finds from Rudy.

In our first installment Julia gives away her Emmy for Temple Grandin... Seriously...



And not a dry eye in the house...

And here she speeks on slavery.

Julia writes on Slavery and appears in Corduroy

An article by Julia on Slavery and Supply Chain:

I initially engaged around the issue of trafficking and slavery when I was shocked and spurred into action by reports of sex trafficking. Nothing seemed to me more heinous than the repeated rape and violence its victims endured. Although the first victims that I met were California-based, other travels around the world, to Russia, Ghana, Thailand, Cambodia, India and Europe, painted a wider perspective of how slavery pervades my own life. People often ask me, "Where is it worst?" My answer is, "in my home." In other words, products tainted by slave labor are present in the supply chains of the goods that we purchase, consume, and rely on every day.

You can read the complete article at the following link:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/julia-ormond/slavery-supply-chains_b_766603.html

She'll also be in the issue 8 of Corduroy magazine.

We photographed the beautiful and talented Julia Ormond during our trip to L.A. last month. Ormond, perhaps best known for her roles in films like Legends of the Fall and Sabrina, was in a celebratory mood when we saw her, after recently winning an Emmy Award for her supporting role in the HBO movie Temple Grandin. The joy and her passion for performance was evident throughout the photoshoot, as she effortlessly segued from one gorgeous look (and one gorgeous outfit) to the next.

Source:
http://www.corduroymag.com/magazine/behind-the-scenes-julia-ormond/

Julia at Human Trafficking Bill Signing

Thanks to Lettie for alerting me to new images of Julia on Getty and wireimage. Here's one from Getty captioned "Julia Ormond attends the Official Bill Signing To Stop Human Trafficking at Museum Of Tolerance on October 18, 2010 in Los Angeles, California."



Govenor Arnold was there as well!

Julia Ormond in My Week With Marilyn

Another week, another new Julia movie to look forward to...

Julia Ormond has joined the cast of My Week With Marylin . Julia will playing Vivien Leigh in a movie that is about a week of Marylin Monroe's life as the movie title suggests.

Source:
http://www.flix66.com/2010/10/08/julia-ormond-joins-emma-watson-and-michelle-williams-in-my-week-with-marilyn/

Update. More info here:
http://www.flicksnews.net/2010/10/first-look-at-michelle-williams-as.html

This is in addition to The Green and another imdb entry called The Music Never Stopped as Lettie points out.

Thanks to Jo for the alert.

Julia in "The Green"

Looks like Julia has made another movie when I wasn't looking.


Read more about it on the IMDB at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1720263/
and also the official site at http://www.thegreenthemovie.com/

Julia's Emmy Acceptance Speech

Here's a youtube video of Julia's Emmy acceptance speech. Visit now as the video might not last long. Julia appears around the 3:00 mark.



Also Julia was on a talk show called The Kilborn File which can be seen in two segments online:

http://www.thekilbornfile.com/episode26_mon_juliaormond/recent

http://www.thekilbornfile.com/episode26_mon_5questions/recent

Thanks to Rudy for that.

Lettie tells me there are Emmy pics on Wireimage and Getty.

Julia wins Emmy!

Last night (or the early hours of this morning) Julia Ormond won the Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie award at the Emmy Awards for her role in Temple Grandin.

There are lots of photos on sites like www.zimbio.com. Here are three I "borrowed"...

Julia arriving




Julia accepting award



Julia waving award above her head in victorious manner



Thanks to Jo for the alert.

Julia's good deeds and Emmy nom

The following link describes an event that Julia attended for Emmy nominees.

http://www.sfexaminer.com/lifestyle/kyra-sedgwick-bryan-cranston-julia-ormond-other-actors-celebrate-emmy-nods-in-beverly-hills-100021659.html

Here's the Julia bit:

Julia Ormond, nominated for supporting actress in a miniseries for her role in "Temple Grandin," still has some red carpet concerns.

"Obviously there's a big thing with trying to get the dress," she said. "I'm not a size zero, so it's always, let's just find one where we can get everything into."

Being nominated is "amazing," she said: "To be put in a category of women and other actresses that I really respect, it's been really validating."

Julia and fellow nominees on Prop 8 which I understand is a big issue in the States.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=np9rcPLc8rU



Julia in press conference with California senator on trafficking legislation:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxaqItjs_zc



Thanks to Rudy for finding the links and sending them to me.

A couple of Julia scans

Here are a couple of scans of Julia I've done from some japanese clippings. The photos must have been taken in New York the mid-90s and would have first appeared in Premiere magazine.

Julia on Craig Ferguson - Youtube video

Thanks to Rudy for the link. Audio goes a bit funny in a couple of places. Topics for discussion include Emmy-buzz for "Temple Grandin" and Sean Connery once again.

Julia is on Craig Ferguson again

An alert for US viewers, Julia is on Craig Ferguson again on the 23rd June.

The Baby of Macon on Swedish Blu-Ray & DVD

Julia's 1994 controversial movie, The Baby of Macon, is getting a DVD & Blu-Ray release in Sweden on 18 August 2010.



http://www.atlanticfilm.se/showMovie.aspx?id=2221&cookie_test=true

Julia on Nurse Jackie

Julia's story arc on Nurse Jackie begins on April 19th in the USA.

Info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1597931/

The Wronged Man review

Here is Lettie's review of The Wronged Man:

At the weekend I watched for the first time Julia Ormond's new film 'The Wronged Man'. The story, based on real life events, revolves around a man wrongly convicted for the rape of a child and imprisoned for over twenty years for a crime that he did not commit. Julia Ormond plays the paralegal who fights to secure his release. I felt that there were echoes of 'Smilla's Feeling for Snow' in the film. Ormond was once again playing a character in pursuit of justice with the odds stacked against her. Ormond, as always, played her role with integrity and depth. However, I felt that the film was a little superficial. It failed to go into much detail about the legal process which eventually freed her client. The film concentrated more on the personal relationship between the paralegal and her client and the way that it impacted on their families and personal lives. This is not a bad thing but I felt that the film would have had more depth with more detail about the legal issues involved, eg, The Innocence Project. 'The Wronged Man' is not Ormond's best film but it is a huge improvement on some of her recent roles in 'Surveillance' and 'I know who killed me' - those films did not deserve her. I should also add that it will be a relief to the fans that she has more than five minutes screen time which has not been the case in some of her past productions.

Julia at oscar party

Lettie informs me that Julia is pictured at Oscars parties at the usual sites e.g. www.gettyimages.com

Film Based on Oliver Sacks' 'Last Hippie' Begins Production

New Julia movie alert!

Production has begun on the film adaptation of “The Last Hippie,” a case study written by Oliver Sacks, physician and best-selling author of "Awakenings."

The “Untitled Oliver Sacks Project” stars J.K. Simmons (“Up in the Air” and “Juno”), Julia Ormond (“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”), Cara Seymour (“An Education”) and Lou Taylor Pucci (“Brotherhood”).

Jim Kohlberg is making his feature film directorial debut. The screenplay was written by Gwyn Lurie and Gary Marks.

The story centers around an engineer (J.K. Simmons) who discovers his long-lost 35-year old son (Lou Taylor Pucci), a former hippie, is suffering from a brain tumor that prevents him from creating new memories. His memory effectively frozen until his parents and doctor (Julia Ormond) discover they can communicate with him through music, including Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead.

It is currently shooting in New York and Westchester County.

Source: www.thewrap.com

Nurse Jackie promo with Julia

Extended promo for season two of the show. Julia 'Or-mond' shows up at 2:30 for a few seconds:
http://tv.yahoo.com/nurse-jackie/show/43311/videos/18310600

The Wronged Man online

American viewers can watch The Wronged Man online at http://www.mylifetime.com/watch-full-movies-online/the-wronged-man.

Thanks Jo.

Julia LA Times article and Nurse Jackie news

Two finds from R.

First of all this is what Julia likes to do on the weekend:
theguide.latimes.com

Secondly here's some sepeculation about her guest role in Nurse Jackie:
www.afterellen.com/blog/thelinster/nurse-jackie-season-2-trailer-sex-drugs-and-rock-n-roll

Julia at Temple Grandin premiere

Lettie informs me that there are photos of Julia at the Temple Grandin New York Premiere at www.gettyimages.com. Here are two of them:

Julia on LA news show

Thanks again to S.

On Sunday morning, Julia appeared on a local news show called "Eyewitness Newsmakers" as part of a table discussion of human trafficking. Video can be found here:

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/eyewitness_newsmakers&id=7222182

The Wronged Man review

Jo sent in her comments on The Wronged Man:

Watched "The Wronged Man" tonight. Ms Ormond was spectacular. A good, meaty role for her — and a Southern to boot (she carried it off quite believably and that's not easy). Looks like the movie will be repeated a number of times. It was on here twice on Sunday — 5pm and 9pm — and the same schedule's set for Monday. It's certainly worth a 2nd viewing!!

Why not add your own reviews in the comments box.

Bonnie Hunt video

R sent in a link to the Bonnie Hunt video:

http://www.bonniehunt.com/videos/?autoplay=true&mediaKey=16dbae07-666f-40bf-8f87-6d0c876489c0

More Julia than you can shake a stick at

Three videos and an interview from R.

http://insidetv.aol.com/2010/01/16/julia-ormond-talks-the-wronged-man-and-nurse-jackie/


http://www.myfoxla.com/dpp/good_day_la/julia-ormond-on-gdla-20100115


http://video.tvguide.com/The+Wronged+Man/Julia+Ormond+exonerates+THE+WRONGED+MAN/3750403?autoplay=true



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzzfK2VNE8w

Julia's appearance on The Bonnie Hunt Show

Thanks to S for sending in their detailed report about Julia's apperance on The Bonnie Hunt Show. Thanks for taking the time to write it up!

Today (Thursday) I attended the taping for Julia's appearance on The Bonnie Hunt Show. The show is scheduled to air on Friday. The taping took place at the Culver Studios in Culver City. Julia was the first guest and she sat down with one leg tucked under her. She wore a black button-down shirt with short sleeves and jeans. At the start of the show, Bonnie had been discussing the many plastic surgeries of Heidi Montag (I really hope that she's not known in the U.K.) [Jack: Well, for what it's worth I don't know who she is!] and about women and their issues with their appearances. So when Julia sat down, Bonnie continued to discuss those themes. Julia said something about how people blame men for these problems, but it's women who place pressure on themselves.

Bonnie asked her about her childhood and her daughter. Julia said that she was a tomboy and appearances weren't really emphasized. She said that her daughter wasn't really a girly girl, but she did have her "spangly moments" and she had her long hair cut off. She also said that her daughter was uninterested in what her mother does for a living.

At some point, there was some static problem or something with Julia's mike and it looked as though they might have to stop for a bit to handle that. Julia looked to the audience and said, "Talk amongst yourselves." Well, it turned out that there was no problem and the interview continued.

Then Julia talked about her movie and discussed the Innocence Project. They showed a clip from the movie, and when they show the clips on the monitors, they dim the lights at the front of the stage, so I didn't catch Julia's reaction. She must have had a negative reaction to seeing herself onscreen, because when the lights came up again, Bonnie made some comment about Julia's reaction. Julia said something about cringing when she sees herself onscreen. She then made a reference to some scene from the movie Julie & Julia when Julia Child and her sister were looking at themselves in the mirror before leaving somewhere.

The taping ran long, and I don't know how they will they edit the program for the broadcast.

I forgot to mention the part when Bonnie asked Julia about her first job in showbiz. Julia said that she was cast in a cottage cheese commercial because of her ability to make her eyes roll in different directions. The commercial was supposed to have pineapple chunks flying out from the cottage cheese and she was supposed to look at the pineapple parts going all over the place. However, that idea was rejected and she still got to do the commercial. Then she did a demonstration of her eyes darting in different directions.

And an update from R about what was cut out:

The interview felt edited but apparently *a lot* was left out. The only material that stayed on air was Julia making her introductory remarks about plastic surgery, a few sentences about the movie and the clip and her first job and the eye-rolling bit. Everything else about her daughter, the Innocence Project, watching herself on-screen wast cut out. Very nice report you got there. Julia also made a joke about being 57 and Hunt creduously asked her of that was true. It was kinda shocking.. lol

Julia Interview on US TV

Julia Ormond (aka "Julia Ormand") is/was interviewed on the "Wendy Williams Show", Wednesday January 13th, 2010.

http://www.wendyshow.com/

Thanks R

The Wronged Man update

Thanks to Rodolfo and Lettie for their The Wronged Man alerts today.

The Lifetime site and the IMDB have photos of Julia Ormond in The Wronged Man. Here are just two of them along with the logo thingie.




See the whole gallery at http://www.mylifetime.com/movies/the-wronged-man

There is a move trailer at www.youtube.com/watch?v=1D0irhJYJlg (for some of us at any rate).

Temple Grandin trailer

Thanks to Rodolfo for sending in a link to the Temple Grandin trailer on HBO.

http://www.hbo.com/events/templegrandin/video.html